Table 4.
Hepatitis C Virus Engaged in Care Community Viral Load Among Patients in an Opioid Treatment Program, New York City
| 2015–2016: HCV CVL | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | N | CVL (copies/mL) a | CVL SDb | P Valuec |
| Sex | .023 | |||
| Female | 797 | 3 965 663 | 6 242 008 | |
| Male | 245 | 3 883 479 | 6 937 227 | |
| Race/Ethnicity | .029 | |||
| Black, non-Hispanic | 270 | 3 976 651 | 6 508 311 | |
| Hispanic | 448 | 3 733 424 | 5 794 450 | |
| White, non-Hispanic | 253 | 3 978 311 | 7 141 367 | |
| Other race/ethnicity | 71 | 5 060 616 | 6 963 862 | |
| Age (in years)d | .004 | |||
| 18–24 | 23 | 2 138 809 | 4 003 131 | |
| 25–34 | 115 | 3 068 157 | 4 800 581 | |
| 35–44 | 188 | 3 893 843 | 6 076 249 | |
| 45–54 | 349 | 4 278 028 | 7 681 138 | |
| 55–64 | 331 | 4 116 975 | 5 925 130 | |
| 65+ | 36 | 3 396 174 | 3 904 330 | |
| Borough of Residence | .351 | |||
| Bronx | 495 | 3 597 421 | 5 287 413 | |
| Manhattan | 190 | 4 753 923 | 7 778 317 | |
| Queens | 71 | 3 204 971 | 4 309 483 | |
| Brooklyn | 246 | 4 330 097 | 7 958 986 | |
| Staten Island | 15 | 2 008 577 | 3 728 379 | |
| Employment Status | .020 | |||
| Employed total | 140 | 4 815 964 | 7 176 873 | |
| Unemployed total | 707 | 3 725 917 | 6 276 418 | |
| Disabled | 191 | 4 138 561 | 6 322 261 | |
| Insurance Payor | .113 | |||
| Medicaid | 628 | 4 214 393 | 7 079 400 | |
| Medicare | 5 | 2 065 428 | 2 672 635 | |
| Self-paye | 85 | 4 763 063 | 7 133 472 | |
| Other | 10 | 7 402 553 | 7 608 470 | |
| Methadone Dose (mg) | .428 | |||
| ≥60 mg | 249 | 4 047 689 | 6 462 006 | |
| <60 mg | 793 | 3 914 516 | 6 395 908 | |
| UHF zip code area | 30 | (74–77 656 774) | (123 945–20 844 208) | .020 |
Abbreviations: CVL, community viral load; HCV, hepatitis C virus infection; MG, milligrams; SD, standard deviation; UHF, United Hospital Fund.
aIncluding viral loads excluding undetectable viral load tests.
bStandard deviations presented reflect SD for the lowest UHF area CVL and for the highest UHF area CVL, respectively.
c P value reflects univariate analyses of log-base 10 transformed CVL measures examined using linear regression; bold font indicates statistical significance at the ≤.05 level.
dAge was calculated at start of the study period: January 1, 2013. The Opioid Treatment Program enrolls individuals who are 18 years of age or older.
eMost “self-pay” patients are those who have health insurance that included time or visit limited drug treatment benefits that have been exhausted and who are therefore required to now be self-pay (sliding scale).